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Hour 1: Veteran's Day

Vietnam Tapes
In 1966, a 19 year-old marine took a reel to reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam war. For two months, until he was killed in action, Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski made 3 inch open reel tapes of his friends, of combat, of life in the foxhole. 34 years later, his comrade Tim Duffie brought those tapes to Lost & Found Sound.

Producer: Christina Egloff with Jay Allison
Link:
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/000421.stories.html
Tim Duffie sent us this letter to the listeners of wnyc about his friend...

Excerpts from Bloods
Black servicemen in Vietnam had more to worry about than enemy fire: Cross burnings, Confederate Flags, Unfair Duty assignments, not to mention returning to a country that saw them as second-class citizens. In 1989 Wallace Terry interviewed twenty black Vietnam Vets veterans as part of the collection "Bloods: an Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans." 5 of those interviews became a radio piece, courtesy of producer Katie Davis

Producer: Katie Davies
Links:
For more information about author Wallace Terry:
To buy his book

Excerpts from "War Comes to Twin Peaks"
In 1991, Iraq invaded Kuwait, Bush senior sent American troops to Iraq. The Gulf War marked the first major American war since Vietnam. Feelings and images from 16 years prior - of flag burnings, civilian/military, helicopters - resurged. Reporter Frank Browning, producer Gary Covino and two Italian film producers travel along the west coast taking the pulse of a divided nation. If you miss the intro to this piece, you'd be hard pressed to tell this documentary was made 11 years ago (meaning: not a lot has changed).

Producer: Frank Browning and Gary Covino
Engineer: Robert New House
This program originally aired on the documentary program Soundprint. Visit them at http://soundprint.org.

Hour 2: Veteran's Day Continued

War and Separation
During World War II, the sudden dirth of men back home vaulted some women into new professions, others into depression. The Kitchen Sisters put together an artful montage of unsung heroes: the women of wartime.

Producer: The Kitchen Sisters
Link:
www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/

Bloods (Full piece)

Producer: Katie Davies
Links:
For more information about author Wallace Terry:
To buy his book

Charlie's Story
After Vietnam, Charles Geter's life took a turn for the worse. He wound up at the Palace Hotel, a flop house on the Bowery, for over 25 years. The first step in turning things around was a tape recorder.

Producer: Charles Geter, Dave Isay and Stacy Abramson
Link:
www.soundportraits.org/on-air/charlies_story/

Hour 3: Let the Good Times Roll

Soul Sisters
Black girl-groups of the 1960's had a tough time navigating a record industry dominated by white men. Elvis Presely took notice though and snatched up songs like "Hound Dog" and made them palatable. Ahh, the age old story. This hour sets the record straight. Credit goes to the "Soul Sisters," and don't you forget it.